Workers investigate the situation near a huge rock felled by Sunday's earthquake in Wajima, Japan, March 26, 2007. Aftershocks shook central Japan's coast on Monday, a day after a powerful earthquake killed at least one person and injured 193 others as it toppled buildings, triggered landslides and generated a small tsunami along the coast. Experts warned that strong aftershocks could continue for a week.
A helmeted postman on a motorcycle rumbles past flattened buildings at Wajima, one of the hardest-hit areas in Ishikawa prefecture, northern Japan, on March 26, 2007. A quake early Sunday killed one person and injured 193 others, but officials said a new warning system provided a potentially lifesaving edge over the country's older alert system.
An elderly man pushes his bicycle as he goes over a bump between a bridge and a road caused by the ground sinking after an earthquake a day earlier in Wajima, one of the hardest-hit areas in Ishikawa prefecture, northern Japan, on March 26, 2007. The quake early Sunday killed one person and injured 193 others. Two strong aftershocks were recorded on Monday.
Local residents take a rest at a shelter in Wajima, Japan, on March 26, 2007. Aftershocks shook central Japan's coast on Monday, a day after a earthquake killed at least one person and injured 193 others as it toppled buildings, triggered landslides and generated a small tsunami along the coast.
A road destroyed by an earthquake is seen in Wajima, Japan, on March 26, 2007. Two aftershocks that shook central Japan's coast on Monday had magnitudes of 5.3 and 4.8. Sunday's magnitude-6.9 quake struck off the north coast of Ishikawa, killing at least one person and injuing 193 others as it toppled buildings, triggered landslides and generated a small tsunami along the coast.
A tiny minivan, far right, is washed away on a seaside road after a landslide caused by an earthquake in Wajima, Japan, on March 25, 2007. A powerful earthquake struck the area Sunday morning, damaging buildings and triggering a small tsunami along the coast.
Residents look at collapsed part of the Noto Tollway in Nanao, northern Japan, on March 25, 2007. On Monday, officials deemed Japan's new earthquake early alert system a success. The system, which allows for faster warnings of possible tsunamis, is more sensitive than the old one and can detect slight tremors that travel underground ahead of the larger quake.
A man walks down a collapsed house destroyed by Sunday's earthquake, in Wajima, northern Japan, on March 26, 2007. A powerful quake tore into a rural area of coastal central Japan on Sunday, killing at least one person as it toppled aging farmhouses and temples, set off landslides and caused a small tsunami.